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Kathasaritsagara 8.7.166

Kathāsaritsāgara 8.7.166

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Sanskrit

8.7.166

tac chrutvā pratyavocat taṃ dūtaṃ sūryaprabhas tadā /
gaccha trikūṭādhipatiprabhṛtīn brūhi madgirā //

And in the morning Súryaprabha got up, and went and paid compliments to his head-wives, who were all together. And while they were rejecting him, as being in love with a new wife, with playfully sarcastic, sweet, affectionate, and bashful turns of speech, a Vidyádhara named Sushena came, announced by the warder, and after doing homage, said to that triumphant king— " Your highness, I have been sent here by all the princes of the Vidyádharas, the lord of Trikúta and others, and they make this representation to your highness— ' It is auspicious that your coronation should take place on the third day at the mountain Rishabha, let this be announced to all, and let the necessary preparations be made.' " When Súryaprabha heard that, he answered the ambassador— " Go, and say to the king of Trikuta and the other Vidyádharas from me— ' Let your honours begin the preparations, and say yourselves what further is to be done; I for my part am ready. But I will announce the day to all, as is fitting.' " Then Sushena departed, taking with him this answer. But Súryaprabha sent off his friends Prabhasa and the others, one by one, to invite all the gods, and the hermits, Yájnavalkya and others, and the kings, and the Vidyádharas, and the Asuras to the great festival of his coronation.

Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story

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